It was nice to be reminded of how much hard work goes into movies, and how as a director, it's your job to acknowledge and channel that hard work. She's amazing at that.

Teenagers have a legitimate voice. We deserve to have a seat at the table and a place in the conversation. We're not exempt from politics and social movements; we're affected by them.

I think just all girls are my mentors. I feel like I've learned everything I know from just being around other women and learning from them.

In my work, I'm passionate about trying different things and being okay if I mess up. Now I'm trying to bring that into my own life.

People used to always talk down to me, like, "Oh, you're so young," but now I recognize that my age is an advantage; there's a lot more I can do.

I have so many different role models who have taught me so many different things at so many different points in my life, it doesn't feel like I have one person that I have to live up to.

I understand Twitter much more than I understand Tumblr.

I started acting when I was 5, and it was always a part of my life. My life and acting weren't separate things; they were always one.

I think the most powerful thing a woman can have is confidence.

Yes, we need to pray for Orlando/Britain/this election/the World, but we also need to act upon it and band together to oppose Evil.

First of all, never buy a man a plasma TV until you're married. A lot of men once they have a plasma TV they don't need a girlfriend

Not only have people stopped trying to be attractive when they are out among other people, but they are no longer even trying not to look ugly!

One of the things you learn operating in the technology industry is disruptions are occurring every day.

No development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work.

Denying racism is the new racism.

Human imagination is not simply our means of reaching out to God but God's means of manifesting himself to us.

Rise above the limited conditions of pleasure and pain, success and failure, happiness and sorrow, that all the countless unenlightened beings in creation are slaves to.

Unhappy is a nice word.

There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take the one with a heart.

Don't blame God for your lack of success.